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There is a continued movement for solar panel manufacturers to launch manufacturing plants in the U.S. with the rapid growth in the industry. This is creating added efficiencies for the manufacturer and just as important, the end users of solar pv.…
Some nice looking solar products rolling out, especially by a company called Regen. Here is the beginning of the Fast Company article below, with the entire write up at:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/140/star-powered.html
After decades of d…
Courtesy of Yahoo Tech:
PARIS (AFP) - Agence France-Presse and 10 other news agencies have formed a coalition seeking to engage readers around the world through blogs and Twitter messages during the Copenhagen climate summit which starts Monday.
T…
Nice article in the Star Tribune about the federal investments in the smart grid and how some of the funds are getting distributed to the regional power companies:
Zach Boyden-Holmes, Getty Images
President Obama stood in front of a field full…
A short introduction to Solar Photovoltaic energy generation
It's very exciting to see first hand via videos, just how easy the solar panels went on your roof. I hope you give updates to us for how they are working and what your neighbors thought and what their interest level is. schaubs@mchsi.com
An update from our friends at the SEIA.org:
October isn't national solar month, but it should be! Solar energy may be closer than you think. Two major events are coming up that will give every American the chance to see solar technology in action a…
We came across this solar electronic charger which has a fantastic design. Called the Sunny Flower, you can apply this to a window, or anywhere with sunlight, which will then provide a signal when fully charged. It folds up into a pocket sized trave…
"Plugging Into the Sun
Sunlight bathes us in far more energy than we could ever need—if we could just catch enough."
By George Johnson
Photograph by Michael Melford
"Can Solar Save Us?
Probably. Eventually. With lots of government help. "
By Ch…
Hey Josh,
Send us a note to admin@pvpower.com and we can chat further via email. We'll look into some options in the meantime. Sounds like an interesting project.
Tim
Devotec Industries has some very cool solar speakers that work with iPhones, MP3 players and computers. This has a 3.5mm audio jack and is also bluetooth enabled for certain devices.
The built in battery provides up to 8 hours of music on a charge.…
This looks like a a good publicity move for a sporting industry that has a bad environmental rap.
However you feel about it, it is one of the biggest installations of its kind and a pretty interesting move. This is in addition to Nascar planting ac…
In this guide, they gave the tricks of save the money and the environment. The Solar Panel is in home it will be very useful to the save energy. Not only energy but our money too.
Lumeta PowerPly modules are the world's first commercial-scale, "peel and stick" solar modules.
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More Solar Panel Manufacturing in the U.S. with new Kyocera Solar plant
There is a continued movement for solar panel manufacturers to launch manufacturing plants in the U.S. with the rapid growth in the industry. This is creating added efficiencies for the manufacturer and just as important, the end users of solar pv. Several of these foreign companies have received stimulus funds from the DOE as well, as these new plants will create jobs in the country.
Kyocera is a very credible solar panel provider with competitive pricing, so this is a very
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President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs
Big news from the Department of Energy as they continue to support alternative energy to stimulat job growth. It looks like nearly all the incentives are awarded to companies that are manufacturing products (see excel attached at bottom of blog for the companies awarded)
President Obama Awards $2.3… Continue
President Obama Awards $2.3… Continue
Posted on January 12, 2010 at 11:13pm —
Renovation Nation Episode: Hawaii: Solar Army Base
Renovation Nation is a great show that covers the green home building movement. There is a recent episode about one of the largest solar communities to go up on a Hawaiian Army base. They ended up using "peel and stick photovoltaics" from Uni-Solar for the solar roofing:
Details on the show and all their airings are at:… Continue
Details on the show and all their airings are at:… Continue
Posted on January 12, 2010 at 10:45pm —
Solar Power With Style: Fast Company article
Some nice looking solar products rolling out, especially by a company called Regen. Here is the beginning of the Fast Company article below, with the entire write up at:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/140/star-powered.html
Afte… Continue
Posted on January 3, 2010 at 3:52pm —
Newspapers engaging readers around the 2010 Copenhagen Climate Summit
Courtesy of Yahoo Tech:
PARIS (AFP) - Agence France-Presse and 10 other news agencies have formed a coalition seeking to engage readers around the world through blogs and Twitter messages during the Copenhagen climate summit which starts Monday.
They will run a joint page on the Facebook social networking site that will give media consumers direct access to the journalists and editors covering the UN summit and reactions in key countries.
The news agencies are seeking to use one of the most i… Continue
PARIS (AFP) - Agence France-Presse and 10 other news agencies have formed a coalition seeking to engage readers around the world through blogs and Twitter messages during the Copenhagen climate summit which starts Monday.
They will run a joint page on the Facebook social networking site that will give media consumers direct access to the journalists and editors covering the UN summit and reactions in key countries.
The news agencies are seeking to use one of the most i… Continue
Posted on December 2, 2009 at 10:15am —
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